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Much has been written about the provenance of a curious paperback that turned up around the city last week, the glossy little hagiography that for 120 pages — plus...
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Photo by Kelly Nicolaisen. Photo Assistant Storm Vincent. Location provided by K-One Fitness.
Within the neighborhood the professional boxer orients his behavior and...
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It was a deeply dissatisfying year on the diamond for the World Champion San Francisco Giants, who seemingly gave up hits and runs for Lent and toppled right out of playoff...
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It's a safe assumption that there are not many active professional boxers who can recall their whereabouts when President Kennedy was assassinated. You can include San...
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Last week, the Chronicle ran a piece itemizing the costs of the $700,000, 10-foot ramp to the president's dais within the Board of Supervisors' chambers. While it's good to...
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Illustration by Charlie Powell
Until recently, pension reform was largely the obsession of a mafia of nerds. These economists, politicos, journalists, and others brandished...
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It wasn't a lawyer who wrote "The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter — 'tis the difference between the lightning-bug...
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When interim Mayor Ed Lee said he wasn't interested in running, it appears he was only telling stories. If San Franciscans wish to cast their votes for a storyteller, perhaps...
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Illustration by Andrew J. Nilsen.
It can take a San Francisco politician years of toil to render the city ridiculous in the eyes of the world. The Commission of Animal...
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Caltrain has a new policy for riders stuck with malfunctioning Clipper cards: Tell it to the judge.
A crew advisory fired off to the line's conductors and leaked to SF Weekly...
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In San Francisco, at times, we behave normally in spite of ourselves. For example, here, as in the rest of the world, our elected officials have a hand in determining the...
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Illustrations by Mark Ulriksen
On Monday, May 23, Michael Suniga lost his teeth on a bus in Watsonville. He'd removed them to chew gum, wandered off the vehicle to inquire...
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Last week, San Francisco offered a final farewell to firefighters Vincent Perez and Anthony Valerio (except for Jeff Adachi, who was booted out). Gargantuan, citywide funerals...
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Last week's high-decibel hearing on the state of city preservation proved it once and for all: One thing San Francisco doesn't need legislation to preserve are high-decibel...
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When the troupe of tracksuited drag kings launched into a thumping Marky Mark cover, this much grew clear: It was going to be one hell of a party. Ice cubes clinked in...
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With as many as three different pension reform charter amendments clogging this year's ballot, it's now more obvious than ever that there's no easy way to solve the city's...
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With budget season upon us already, our elected leaders are gearing up to accuse their opponents of flushing money down the toilet. At times like these, it may be illuminating...
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Illustration by David Plunkert
Many an offbeat film is highlighted by the crafting of a cockamamie plan blessed with the endorsement, "It's so crazy, it just might work!"...
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Last week, the president and vice president of the local SEIU penned an opinion column in the San Francisco Bay Guardian espousing a marvelously novel take on the city's...
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San Francisco has banned Happy Meals and, should enough signatures be gathered by the end of next month, voters will decide on whether to ban circumcision — meaning the...
